1998 Public Employment Data
State and Local Governments
Washington

              Population       5,689,263

                                                                   Full-time
                                                   Total           Equivalent
                        Full-time                  March           Employment
                        Equivalent   CV            Payroll    CV   per 10,000
                        Employment   (%)             ($)      (%)  Population

TOTAL. . . . . . . .      296,020   0.42       950,878,756   0.41    520.3
  Function
FINANCIAL ADMIN. . .        7,388   1.42        23,934,067   0.99     13.0
CENTRAL ADMIN. . . .        5,913   5.49        19,609,110   2.72     10.4
JUDICIAL-LEGAL . . .        7,301   1.53        26,096,540   0.78     12.8
POLICE-ARREST. . . .        9,008   1.11        38,778,254   0.72     15.8
POLICE-OTHER . . . .        4,118   2.22        11,816,522   1.98      7.2
FIREFIGHTERS . . . .        6,684   2.56        27,488,501   2.17     11.7
FIRE-OTHER . . . . .          574   9.12         2,036,210   9.04      1.0
CORRECTION . . . . .       12,092   0.45        37,124,631   0.62     21.3
STREETS & HWYS . . .       13,147   0.69        45,488,497   0.74     23.1
AIRPORTS . . . . . .        1,258   0.48         4,981,463   0.30      2.2
WATER TRANSPORT. . .        1,416   1.35         5,004,784   0.79      2.5
PUBLIC WELFARE . . .        8,561   0.28        26,831,020   0.11     15.0
HEALTH . . . . . . .       10,604   0.98        34,120,029   0.65     18.6
HOSPITALS  . . . . .       17,592   1.18        52,210,553   1.39     30.9
SOC INSUR ADMIN. . .        3,863   0.00        11,723,940   0.00      6.8
SOLID WASTE MGMT . .        1,493   1.38         4,787,314   1.05      2.6
SEWERAGE . . . . . .        2,934   2.94        10,071,678   1.66      5.2
PARKS & RECREATION .        5,237   1.28        14,215,889   1.16      9.2
HOUSING & COMM DEV .        2,210   3.59         6,716,188   3.32      3.9
NATURAL RESOURCES. .        6,133   0.54        18,570,829   0.38     10.8
WATER SUPPLY . . . .        2,966   3.13        10,354,804   2.47      5.2
ELECTRIC POWER . . .        7,253   0.22        31,637,089   0.24     12.7
GAS SUPPLY . . . . .           32   0.00           108,199   0.00      0.1
TRANSIT. . . . . . .        6,084   1.15        20,207,067   1.08     10.7
ELEM&SEC INSTRUCT. .       58,636   0.31       212,322,599   0.36    103.1
ELEM&SEC OTHER-TOT .       30,768   0.68        66,548,669   0.82     54.1
HIGHER ED INSTRUCT .       13,503   0.00        58,190,670   0.00     23.7
HIGHER ED OTHER. . .       31,482   0.00        74,657,973   0.00     55.3
OTHER ED -STATE. . .        3,006   0.00        10,561,915   0.00      5.3
LOCAL LIBRARIES. . .        2,978   3.01         7,810,235   0.49      5.2
STATE LIQUOR STORES.          751   0.00         1,949,848   0.00      1.3
OTHER & UNALLOCABLE.       11,035   1.62        34,923,669   1.08     19.4